Posted by Krazy Kat on September 28, 2001, at 10:56:10
In reply to Re: Terror's emotional effects » sar, posted by Marie1 on September 28, 2001, at 8:24:23
> Sar,
> I think I understand to some extent what you're saying - that it's just so far removed from reality for you? It's just that your post is quite instigating.
I wasn't going to post this, but I think I will.
People in Battery Park City are coming back to their apartments and finding body parts. There are body parts on the lower roofs in downtown New York, office furniture and pieces of people's clothing and pieces of them just sitting on top of a building.
Rescue workers are fainting because of exhaustion and because of the stinch. They have to sift through everything to try to find pieces of human flesh that can be identified.
The city is somber and empty. It's as if its heart was ripped out. People are still moving about, but their eyes are vacant.
Taoism has some good ideas re: living in the moment and accepting things you can't change. It does not call on you to ignore strife and tragedy.
- K.
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